Report: NFL Competition Committee to 'Consider' OT Rule Change After Bills vs. Chiefs

The Buffalo Bills didn't touch the ball in their 42-36 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round of the playoffs.

According to Mark Maske of the Washington Post, the competition committee will consider making changes to the overtime format.

The regular-season rules are not expected to change.

One person with knowledge of the matter said that it wouldn't change for the regular season.

The current system was put in place for the playoffs in 2010 before being applied to all regular-season games in 2012

The current rules allow the second team to get a chance to score if the first team only gets a field goal. The only way to end the game is with a touchdown.

That is how the Chiefs secured their win in the playoffs. After winning the coin toss, Patrick Mahomes and company drove down the field on an eight-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a touchdown pass toTravis Kelce.

After a back-and-forth battle that featured 25 points scored in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter, the Bills offense was left helpless in the extra session.

Brandon Beane said he wanted to see overtime rules changed.

The Chiefs lost in the same fashion as the New England Pats did when they scored a touchdown on their first drive of overtime to win the game. The rule change proposed by Kansas City guarantees that each team gets the ball in overtime, while the choice of possession is based on the coin toss.

There was not enough support for the proposal to pass.

The Baltimore Ravens offered a more unique proposal last year. The system would give one team the choice of where the ball will be placed on the field while the second team chooses whether to start on offense or defense. The plan was also rejected by the owners.

Change to the current system would require the support of 24 of the 32 owners.